Getting things in order is still a challenge. Yesterday, I took a sick day off of work (I really was sick), but I ended up doing a lot of work for the London thing. I posted the apartment and the car up on Craigslist and frantically searched for more classes to take at the University of Westminster. My advising office is being difficult (or, perhaps it's the Finance department) with allowing certain courses to substitute in for my Finance Electives... and the U of W is having problems finding availabilities for some of the courses I have requested. Well, not too many problems, but enough so that they would like for me to list four more classes for them to choose from.
Since September, it is now requested that all students coming over to the UK must have a student visa. It used to be, if you were going to be there for less than 6 months, you didn't need a visa. But now, well, lucky me. I have to fork over $220 that I don't have to their government. I believe the rate changes as the dollar devalues, which is nice (can you detect sarcasim?). It should be a fixed rate not based on the exchange rate fluctuations. I mean, we're students. Who can afford $220 for a visa on top of all of the other costs? Ugh. On top of the costs, the consulate wants to see an acceptance letter, your old and new passport, and your financial statements to prove that you'll have enough money to live. The latter makes me really nervous, since I haven't quite figured all of that out yet.
I'm a little concerned at this point. If I can't find several other classes that are approved from my advising office, does that mean that I can't go? What if, from the perspective of the consulate, I don't have enough money in my account to prove that I will be able to live? If I can't get the visa, I can't go to school or do my internship. What stress!
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